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Syrian army regains control of airport in northern Syria from Islamic State

By REUTERS

MAY 13, 2017 14:36

AMMAN, May 13- The Syrian army has taken full control of a small airbase in eastern Aleppo countryside that was under Islamic State control, aided by heavy aerial bombing by Russian and Syrian airforces, pro-state media and an army source said on Saturday.

The al-Jarrah airport is located in the ultra-hardline militants' remaining enclave in eastern Aleppo countryside, a region where they have mostly lost control to competing forces ranging from the Syrian army, US-backed Kurdish-led forces to Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebels.

The airport was briefly stormed by the army's elite forces last March, but the militants repelled that attack on the base they had held since 2014.

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